Defenselink.mil: Rumsfeld Says Tenet’s Work Helped Save Lives on Battlefield
The Australian, Australia: Bush ‘didn’t ask Tenet to resign’: “US President George W Bush did not ask CIA director George Tenet to resign and had no advance notice he would do so, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said …”
E-Commerce Times: No Shock at Tenet Departure: “… Tenet’s departure was the worst-kept Washington secret this side of John Kerry’s political vacillations — his fate sealed when Bob Woodward outed him as …
New York Post: Tenet Exit Has Spooks Spooked: “The stage has been set by CIA Director George Tenet’s resignation for major reforms in the nation’s intelligence networks that …”
International Herald Tribune, France: CIA after Tenet: Terror warnings are not enough: “Some critics of America’s intelligence services will mistakenly see George Tenet’s resignation as director of central intelligence as a reaction to …”
East Valley Tribune, AZ: Scuttlebutt about Tenet: “The scuttlebutt in Washington is that George Tenet is resigning as director of the CIA because several harsh reports were about to descend on his head like …”
Pacific News Service, CA: Tenet or Not, CIA Must Learn Mideast’s ‘Secret Language’: “The resignation of George Tenet as CIA director, following a string of disastrous failures at the agency, underscores the greater failure of the US …”
Common Dreams: Bush’s Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides: “… The President’s abrupt dismissal of CIA Directory George Tenet Wednesday night is, aides say, an example of how he works.”
Providence Journal, RI: RI delegation surprised by timing of Tenet resignation
Pacifica Radio: Fall Guy for the Bush Regime? “Geoge Tenet resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency for “personal reasons,” but many analysts say that Tenet is a fall guy for an …”
NewsMax, FL: Report May Have Hastened Tenet’s Resignation: “…Tenet’s resignation comes just as a critical, 400-page report from the Senate intelligence committee was readied for public …”
GOPUSA: Pelosi: Tenet Only first of Many Who Should Go
SunHerald.com, MS: Tenet out; CIA debate rages: “George Tenet’s resignation as CIA director does little to solve the many inherent problems plaguing US intelligence, say former spies, lawmakers …”
NDTV.com, India: Chalabi slams Tenet: “Former Iraqi governing council member Ahmed Chalabi has launched a bitter attack on Tenet saying the former CIA chief is to blame for false information on …”
NewsMax.com, FL: Hillary Clinton: ‘Pro-Chalabi Supporters’ Forced Tenet Out
Miami Herald: Text of Tenet’s Letter of Resignation
Duluth Weekly, GA: Collins Surprised at CIA Director George Tenet’s Resignation: “… Georgia Republican Congressman Mac Collins, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence was surprised Thursday that Tenet decided to …”
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA: Harkin: No sorrow for loss of Tenet: “Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, doesn’t feel sorry for George Tenet, who resigned Thursday as CIA director. … He (Tenet) misled the president and everybody,” Harkin said. …”
The Spoof (satire): Tenet Starts Avalanche of Resignations: “Within hours of throwing in the towel, newly resigned CIA chief George Tenet has unwittingly started a domino effect in the Bush cabinet. …”
Town Hall, DC: “Tenet stacked up an impressive number of failures during his tenure, but pinning America’s atrophied intelligence capabilities on him is a little like blaming …”
Capitol Hill Blue, VA: With Tenet Out, FBI Chief Tries a Power Grab: “… Mueller on Thursday proposed the creation of an intelligence service within the FBI, a move that came on the heels of the ouster of CIA Director George Tenet. …”
NewsMax.com, FL: Daschle Wants Real Reason for Tenet Resignation: “Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle told interviewers that he was taken by surprise when he heard of George Tenet’s resignation, but that he looks “forward to …”
Providence Journal, RI: “… No great insight is needed to figure out why George J. Tenet resigned Thursday as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. His …”
The Rolling Head, Chattanoogan, TN: “George Tenet got Washington-ed. George Tenet got Bush-whacked. George Tenet got fed to the angry volcano gods. … Tenet was a high paid bellboy. … ”
